Morning journal and courier., 1887-03-04
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ssMy father got run away with last night" he shouted to bey across the street. "Did the hired girl or the horse run with him"' 'sThe horse of course" "That's no sensa- tion. Wait until you have something to brag of.''-Detroit Free Press.
 remember the case of a servant girl who received document which she greatly treas ured, abounding as it did in high-fown Ian guage. It closed by recommending her to the forbearance of Christian people and her possible employers to the divine merey.-St. Louis Globe.
 Visitor-And is there nothing for you to eat in the houses Socialist-Not a bite, maam, have we tasted for twenty four hours. Visitor-Why, what is the trouble! Social | ist-Well, you see, my wife has had the rheumatics, so she aint been able to take in l no washing-Harper's Bazar. A little boy who had heard great deal about the Canadian sport recently introduced ! into this country, and who had also seen a | picture of persons indulging in the pastime, l asked his mother if she sFdidn't think a
 rainbow would make good toboggan slide l for the angeis!"-Norristown Herald. "Give an example of an immovable obsta- l cle, said the teacher. And the smart bad boy at the foot of the class suggested three girls on the sidewalk. The teacher, who us l ually had to walk in the middle of the street herself, sent him right up to the head of the "SOo' l-Burdette.
 And now," concluded the revivalist, eff l there is anyone here who wants to ask any question, let him be heard" ''I'd like to know" said an old, bald head | ed sinner rising in the back seat, Chow many
 marbles have been dropped on my head by those scalawags in the gallery. I'm no pave 1 ment. ."-Tid-B
 Miss de Crashville-''Oh, mamma had such delightful waltz with that MT. Inker- l man, and told him all those funny stories from the Laugher that Jack read to last night and -" Mamma-"Did he seem to enjoy them, my dears" Miss de Crashville- Immensely; whya' Mamma-''Mr. Inker- l man edits .he Laughter. Pluck. A western town has a female sheriff. Recently she arrested man, and he, hoping
 to fatter her to let him escape, told her she was the handsomest woman he ever saw. And did she let him escapes No! She wouldn't let that man out of her sight, any | way, but wanted him around all the time. l Trickery is sure to fail in the end.- Texas l Siftings.
 Three different walters at southern hotel | asked a little, prim, precise Harvard profes- l sor at dinner, in quick succession, If he would | have soup. A little annoyed, he said to the last waiter who asked:
 ''1s it compulsorys'
 ''No, sah, ]" answered our friend and broth 1 CT, mo, sah; think It am mock turtle - Hotel Reporter.
 Mystery.-Pa-''To what are you
 thinking about?" Tommy-"Somethingt that | puzzles me very much, pa." Perhaps I can I enlighten you. What is it, my son2' 'You | know what a big fuss is made when a great
 man dies?' "Yes." "How they put his
 picture in the paper, and all that sort of l thing?" ssCertainly.' ''Why don't they do
 something of that sort of thing when he is
 born instead of waiting until he diess"-Tex- as Siftings.
 | In the hotel parlor II p. m.-"Have you 1 any idea what time it is!' he asked, after he
 had talked her to sleep three or four times
 and walked her up as often by laughing bois-
 terously at his own brilliant ebullitions of wit, humor and burlesque. Really,
 haven't" she replied wearily. 'Tt certainly
 must be time was going home," he con- l tinued, as he made a move in the right direc- tion. 'Oh, am sure it is very much later
 than that" she said, sweetly and innocently,
 and then he went away with a hideous sus. picion in his manly bosom.-Washingto 1 Critic